Toowoomba woman Samantha Stubbs caught trespassing in convoluted mission against ex

A single mum was left petrified after discovering disturbing letters at her home warning her to steer clear of a potential love match.

Samantha Stubbs, 38, outside Toowoomba Courthouse on Wednesday October 9, 2024. Picture: Chronicle.

In a misguided attempt to malign her ex, a Toowoomba woman has terrified a single mum by leaving disturbing messages describing intimate details.

Samantha Stubbs, 38, appeared in Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Wednesday pleading guilty to trespassing after leaving a set of frightening notes at a stranger’s home meant to warn of her ex-partner.

The court heard Ms Stubbs left a handwritten note at the single mother’s home warning her to be “mindful” of a new friend – Mrs Stubbs’ ex-partner.

Police prosecutor Anita Page said the resident was shaken, having never met Ms Stubbs nor given out her address.

“Footage showed a female person … hand deliver a letter into the victim’s mailbox,” Ms Page said.

“That caused her to become scared, she didn’t know the defendant and she had never told the defendant where she lived or the fact she had a child.”

Ms Stubbs told police it was her ex-partner who had provided the woman’s address and advised her of the woman’s child.

In the following days, the woman woke to find print copies of sexually explicit messages and intimate images of Ms Stubbs, shared between the accused and the ex-partner, on her car windscreen.

Duty solicitor Nicholas Bennett said Ms Stubbs acted in good faith, only hoping to alert the woman to her ex-partner’s misgivings.

“That ex-partner was a man she was with for some years and a man who was emotionally abusive towards her and controlling of her circumstances,” Mr Bennett said.

“He then began sending (Ms Stubbs) sexually inappropriate messages at a time where he had also made it known to her that he was in a relationship with the complainant.

“Ms Stubbs thought it was best to advise the complainant … she did not have a phone number for the complainant so thought this was the most direct way to send the message.

“She knows now it was the wrong way to go about that.”

Prior to receiving the messages, the victim had discovered a set of nails placed in her tires and had the power to her home cut by an unknown person.

Ms Stubbs denied any involvement in either act and police did not charge her with either crime.

Magistrate Mark Howden acknowledged the complexity of the situation.

“You probably should have gone about this in a different way but you didn’t,” he said.

“It would’ve meant a lot less grief for you.”

Ms Stubbs was given a $350 good behaviour bond for six months with no conviction recorded.